MY day is finally here!!

Hehe.. I came home from work yesterday to find these little goobers:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...l/imagepip.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...l/pipping2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...l/bpeggpip.jpg

I'm happy. :D They are just normals, but it's my first clutch, so I'm very excited.

Thanks for looking,
Jennifer

Aww! Beautiful! "Just" normals are still wonderful snakes, and the more we produce in captivity, the better chance we have of fighting large-scale importation. I hope the others all hatch healthy.

Thanks, Marla!! Yeah, I think every year I will have a couple clutches of "normal" babies just to keep me sane. :oops: Plus, I love them! There are not any two ball pythons that look the exact same.

Jennifer

Congrats Jennifer..........Passing out Cigars?

LOL... Sure... 8)

Hey nice work - what's next on your docket?

Well, I don't have anything else in the incubator for this year, that was the only clutch. Next year I will be breeding my hypo to some girls to get a bunch of hets, I have 3.1 pastels on their way as we speak, so I will have pastels *hopefully* next year, and possibly SUPER pastels the year after that! (Supers are my favorite morph, btw :D ). I will also have albinos, het albinos, and lots of other dinking projects, such as this guy: http://ball-pythons.net/PNphpBB2+viewtopic-t-4528.html

:) Next year is going to be a busy one for me...

Jennifer

How many females will you have ready for breeding next season? I'd love to get one of your het hypos, as I just love that lil guy's looks. Sounds like you plan to go from one clutch this year to a dozen or more next year. That's quite a leap! Will you have a refrigerator incubator or what?

WOW ... i love babies. Congrats Jennifer!

Hey Marla,

I will have 21 females ready to go next season, but I'm not sure that I will be using all of them. I am planning on 5 females for the hypo, but things change and he may only take to one or two. I am planning on 5 females for each pastel, but again, things don't always go as planned. We'll just have to see. :) And it will be a leap for sure, but I can't wait! I may have albinos, but I will only be breeding a het pair together, so if anything, I will get one albino.

Jennifer

Jennifer

thats really cute, congradulations and good luck next year.

Hey, you never know Jennifer, you could breed two hets and end up with all albino offspring. It's not any more unlikely than ending up with all normal offspring. :) 21 females is quite a crowd! I don't suppose you'd post a pic or two of your herp room? I take it your female pastel should be big enough for the '05 breeding season, and that's why you're hoping for supers then? Sounds like you should have an amazing year for clutches, with up to 30 or so het hypo babies and 90 or so pastels. That ought to enable you to recoup your investment in the first year and make a tidy profit, too.

That's my plan. :) I've been taking pictures all morning, so here ya go, this is a picture of my "herp room", lol. It consists of 4 Animal Plastics racks. The rack on the far right is empty, just awaiting the hatchlings from this clutch. :) There are some rubbermaids on top of the racks that are covered by towels. Those are for my more shy ball pythons (whether or not they need the privacy, they are spoiled).. lol..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...llpics-024.jpg

Your absolutely right about the hets. I was just figuring in my luck, lol.

And the female pastel should be big enough by breeding season '06, sorry. I meant pastels in '05 and possibly supers in '06. The pastels are all '04's, but the males will be no problem to get up to size *knocks on wood*.

Jennifer

Congrats and good luck next year :D

I see you keep your yellow container of herpicide handy ;)

Nice setup - which model rack or size sterelite is that - and do you house everything there or just what you currently are gearing to breed? All BPs or mixed?

That herpicide sure does come in handy, lol.... ;)

All those racks are model 1756(7); the 32-qt sterilites. There are only ball pythons being housed in those racks. On the other side of the room I have 2 20-gallon aquariums housing a pair of Tiger rattlesnakes, and like I said, there are other ball pythons on top of the racks that you can't see. But basically, everything in those racks I am planning on breeding. I am getting 1.2 California kingsnakes just for the fun of it because I love them, but they are probably going to be housed in aquariums. Haven't decided yet. :)

Jennifer

cute babies, nice set-up...congrats!

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That's my plan. :) I've been taking pictures all morning, so here ya go, this is a picture of my "herp room", lol. It consists of 4 Animal Plastics racks. The rack on the far right is empty, just awaiting the hatchlings from this clutch. :) There are some rubbermaids on top of the racks that are covered by towels. Those are for my more shy ball pythons (whether or not they need the privacy, they are spoiled).. lol..

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Your absolutely right about the hets. I was just figuring in my luck, lol.

And the female pastel should be big enough by breeding season '06, sorry. I meant pastels in '05 and possibly supers in '06. The pastels are all '04's, but the males will be no problem to get up to size *knocks on wood*.

Jennifer

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I think we may have meant the same thing about the years, because to me, breeding season '05 results in clutches hatching in '06. Supers will be very exciting, even with the ebony and others that are still pretty much brand new. Maybe by '06 or '07 you can produce some of my nearly-favorite pastel ghosts.

I have lots of space now in my "herp room" where my snakes are housed and would love to be able to take advantage of it with some racks and doing some hobbyist-level breeding -- nothing too large scale just yet. Thanks for the pic of your setup. It looks very space-efficient. My biggest ball is still housed in an aquarium, and I really need to get that replaced with a better setup. If she's a female (still unprobed), I could breed next season and produce my first clutch as you've done this year. :)

Wow, well, best of luck to you. How big is s/he?

Jennifer

Thanks, all the luck I really need is for her to turn out female and fertile, I think. :) S/he's about 5 years old, 43" long, and a couple of thousand grams (I need to re-weigh, as I haven't in a couple months since bumping up her prey size). If s/he's female, I'll want to bulk her up a bit over the next few months so that breeding won't take too much out of her, but s/he's got a good starting point.

Looks like a great setup Jennifer.

Congrats Jennifer!!! Good luck to you with your new guys and with breeding next year (you too Marla).

2k grams for a ball that isn't even 4 foot sounds like pretty good weight to me. My female that laid 7 huge eggs (almost 100 grams each) weighed 2500 grams, and she is 45 inches long. She dropped down to 1200 grams seconds after laying, and now (2 months later) she's back up past 2k. It's been a hectic year for her. But anyway, the weight on that girl/guy sounds good. :)

Jennifer

Thanks! I'm fairly confident in good breeding size, just not so sure about good breeding gender. ;) I'll take any breeding advice you want to offer.

Congratulations!!! I just purchased an '03 female and am getting a 2nd '03 female on Monday. I'm hoping to breed them late spring or early summer of '05, if they're above 2Kg just being fed once a week by then, with a clutch or two later that year. If I have any success, I might try my hand at some pastels as well. Best of luck and keep us all updated!!! If all goes well, I hope to follow in your footsteps soon after (although in a much smaller scale).

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Congrats Jennifer!!! Good luck to you with your new guys and with breeding next year (you too Marla).

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Missed this before, somehow. Thanks gen!

Alright, one is all the way out of the egg. SHE weighs 60 grams. Here is a picture:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...byball-003.jpg

:D :D Jennifer

SWEET!!!! I love babies, and that one is a good lookin bp :)

Aww! Little shiny wet baby! :)

Ok, here is our newest addition. S/he is very pretty, kinda banded. (66 grams):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...yballs-003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...yballs-004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...yballs-005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...yballs-007.jpg

Sorry to bore you with tons of pics, but gosh this has been such a FUN day!

:D Jennifer

Pics are never a bore, esp when its cute little babies! :) S/he is playin peek-a-boo with ya in that last pic!

great pics :)

Beautiful! Let us know when you have them all sexed what you end up with. :)

Congrats! Hopefully I too will know the feeling of successful BP breeding someday. Those are some cute babies you have there. Do you plan on keeping them all, or selling some?

I plan on selling the one male; actually, he's already sold. :) I'm keeping the females and breeding them.

Jennifer